Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
FAVOR THE FORT.
The County Alliance Committee Work
ing to Establish the Cotton
Yards ia this CAY.
Lat Night-The Benefit to Town
and County.

Resolutions Adopted at Their Meeting
Lat Night-The Brnsfit to Town
and County.
Some time ago the TaTant County
Farmers Alliance appointed q committee
! of five to ascertain the feasibility OF es
t&blishing central cotton yard or stor
age depot in this city where all the cottor
raised and controlled by the Alliance coulC
be broughtThe committee was as follows
A S Hayter of Mansfield, chairman
J. B. Andrews of Grapevine, John Hud
son of Kennedale, W. c.. Alexander OF
Mansfield and r. II. King of Fort Worth
All but the last named gentleman were
present last night at meeting held in :he
flee of Mr.. II q. Moore, secretary OF
the STATE Alliance. Mr.. Hayter presided,
and Mr.. Moore WAS asked to
be secretary. The chairman briefly
stated the object of the meeting
and said a report Of their action was to
be made to he County Alliance, which
met in Fort Worth next Friday. He had
sounded the sentiment of a good many
business men of the city during the day
and found them not only favorable to the
enterprise, but enthusiastic in its behalf.
They were willing 10 assist financially.
He considered the cotton yards as indIS-
pensabie to the retail trade OF the city.
THE GAZETTE had very kindly helped the
matter along, for which the sp. aker was
CUiigrd 10 it.
Mr. Hudson said he didn't know wheth-
er the committee had the right to solicit
subscriptions. TIE chairman YVES of the
opinion they had. Secretary Moore ne
ing called on for an expression of his
views, made fnTcibe talk on the neCes-
sity cf immediate action by the commit
tee. He thought that pTocrastination had
greatly hjured the Alliance
IN the past ard believed
that now was the time for prompt work.
The County Alliance looked to tnis COM
mittee to settle this matter, and had i'm
piCjt confidence in the members. He
favored the l-asing of a piece Of ground
and the soliciting Of sub~CIi ptiOns st once.
The establishment of yards ct Fort Worth
meant not only the Alliance cotton of
this county, but large quantities would he
drawn from Johnson, Wise, Parker, ID u
ton and Hood. If the yards were not
made here, small yards
WOULD BE LOCATED
at Mansfield, Keller, Arlington, AlvarRdO
and other points. The crop would be
scattered instead of concentrated as it
should be. The remarks of Mr.. Moore
seemed to meet with unanimous favor.
Mr.. Andrews said he Endorsed every word
the speaker had uttered He wanted the
Yards put here and thought it behooved
the committee to act promptly.
t. Of
full Of the eXpediency of asking subScrlp-
tions at the present time, but finally
agreed that it was the best policy.
Mr. Hayter said that if good crop
was raised that Fort Worth would han
die more cotton this season than she ever
mad before. But the yards must
be strictly under Alliance contrO!.
Last season cotto0 went TO Denton,
Johnson and Dallas counties that could
be brought to Fort Worth If The Alliance
mad its oV9n yard here. The sentiment Of
the meeting was finally cGystaIiZed in the
following resolutions:
Resolved, that the cotton yard commit
tee recommend that G sUffiCieDcv Of land
be leased in the city Of Fort Worth for
FIVE years, To be equipped and used as TN
Alliance cotton yard.
Resolved, that this committee immedi-
lteIY ascertain what the business men Of
Fort Worth VIII subscribe to the Alliance
ward, so as to report TO the County Al
lance, which meets in this city April s,
1887, AMI TO this end we will personally
solicit their assistance.
MOTIFS AND COMMENT.
It was agreed that the failure to get the
yard last year was caused to great ex-
tent ny starting too late.
II response to a question of the report
er MIR. Hayter thought that st least IS
per cent of the cotton raised in Tarrant
county was produced by Alliance mem
bers.
The yard will be managed by the ALI
ance exclusively, and will have it's en-
ployes "a weigh and classify cotton, and
attend 10 such other duties as may be
niece sssry.
Fort Worth ought, with propitious
to handle at least so. 600 bales of
cotton this fall.
The bringing of Alliance cotton 20 Fort
" orth will bring about sharp competition
among BUYERS, and enable producers to
get the highest market price.
The fact of having one of the best COM
presses in the state is an additional rea-
son for centeTing the crop here.
The political antagOnlSmS OF 1886 have
lied out, and the town and country united
n the bonds of 8 common interest and
common pride in the development of
Zach will pull together from a business